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Elephant poaching costs Africa tourism $25mn: study

AFP Nov 2, 2016

PARIS: Stopping the killing of elephants for their tusks could add some $25 million (23 million euros) to Africa's annual tourism income, more than offsetting the anti-poaching spend, a study said Tuesday. While the figure pales in…

Chitral holds wildlife workshop to protect rare species

Web Desk Oct 7, 2016

CHITRAL: Three-days of training workshop and three-day field visit on capacity building of Wild Life staff and community representatives in Rules & Regulations under Khyber Pahtoonkhwa (KP) Wildlife Act 2015 concluded. At the end of…

World governments urge end to domestic ivory markets

AFP Sep 11, 2016

MIAMI: In a bid to stop the killing of elephants for their tusks, world governments voted Saturday at a major conservation conference to urge the closure of all domestic ivory markets.

Elephants in Tanzania reserve could be wiped out by 2022

AFP Jun 1, 2016

NAIROBI: Elephants in Tanzania's sprawling Selous Game Reserve could be wiped out within six years if poaching continues at current levels, the World Wildlife Fund warned Wednesday.

African rhinos to be flown to Australia to escape poachers

AFP May 14, 2016

JOHANNESBURG: A retired South African sales executive who emigrated to Australia 30 years ago is hatching a daring plan to airlift 80 rhinos to his adopted country in a bid to save the species from poachers.